Rohingya women, girls to testify in Genocide Trial of Myanmar military
26 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON: A group of Rohingya women and girls is expected to travel to Argentina within two months to testify against the Myanmar military in a genocide trial being heard by a court in Buenos Aires.
The survivors have each given remote testimony of sexual assault to the court. The Argentine court has a history of taking up cases based on the premise of “universal justice.” This legal concept holds that some horrific acts, including genocide, can be tried anywhere.
The case originates with the 2017 army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, a Buddhist majority nation. More tha...
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